Civitella del Tronto

Three days after the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in March 1861, the Bourbon garrison here was still holding out: Civitella was the last stronghold of the Two Sicilies to surrender. Its fortress, about 500 metres long, runs along a travertine cliff above the well-kept village, with the Gran Sasso and the Maiella in view to the south.

Highlights

• The fortress on the cliff top, with wide views from its walls
• San Francesco, Gothic-Romanesque of 1326 with a Baroque interior
• Santa Maria dei Lumi and its painted wooden Madonna of 1489
• The abbey of Santa Maria in Montesanto, once among the region's most powerful
• Karst landscapes of the Montagna dei Fiori

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.